#EECE66#EECE66

#EECE66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.128 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECE66
RGB	rgb(238, 206, 102)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -0.99, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 55.01, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0054 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.128 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.7320, 63.2820, 21.6362)
Luminance	0.6328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECE66 #6686EE

analogous

#EE8A66 #EECE66 #CAEE66

triadic

#EECE66 #66EECE #CE66EE

tetradic

#EECE66 #66EE8A #6686EE #EE66CA

square

#EECE66 #66EE8A #6686EE #EE66CA

split-complementary

#EECE66 #66CAEE #8A66EE

monochromatic

#C49B16 #E8BC2F #EECE66 #F4E09D #FAF1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EECE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#EECE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECE66

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECE66	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eece66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 206, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.128 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc95',
    500: '#eece66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eece66;
$custom-light: #f6dc95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eece66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85828,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECE66

secondary

#3757C2

accent

#3BDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECE66

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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